Which aftershave do you use?

Which aftershave do you use?

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TheJimi

24,937 posts

243 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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What's Creed's Royal Oud like compared to Tom Ford Oud Wood?


toasty

7,464 posts

220 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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TheJimi said:
What's Creed's Royal Oud like compared to Tom Ford Oud Wood?
I far prefer Oud Wood.

Royal Oud was far too cloying for me, scrubbed it after an hour.

FWIW Comme Des Garcons Wonderwood and WonderOud are also pretty good.



ecsrobin

17,078 posts

165 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Fuzzy69r

162 posts

83 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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TheJimi said:
What's Creed's Royal Oud like compared to Tom Ford Oud Wood?
I ran out of Oud wood a while ago so can’t compare them the now but I had been trying a few other alternatives going down a different route lnc Aqua di Parma colonia intense , Tom Ford ombré leather to name a few

Funk

26,263 posts

209 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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ecsrobin said:
Cheers - Endymion Concentré 100ml at that price will do nicely! Added a couple of samples too. Thanks for the heads-up!

Nearly added Quercus but didn't - it's nice but lacks staying power though.

Edited by Funk on Thursday 29th October 01:05

BrabusMog

20,135 posts

186 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Funk said:
ecsrobin said:
Cheers - Endymion Concentré 100ml at that price will do nicely! Added a couple of samples too. Thanks for the heads-up!

Nearly added Quercus but didn't - it's nice but lacks staying power though.

Edited by Funk on Thursday 29th October 01:05
Is that the same as Endymion that comes in the 5x10ml pack they sell? If so, I think I'll need to have a bottle at that price!

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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ecsrobin said:
I bought a bottle of 'The Tragedy of Lord George' a few days ago for £152 instead of £192.

It was from John Bell of London though, as they were having a 20% off sale of all Penhaligons fragrances.

Lord George is one of my absolute favourites and I recommend it.

Funk

26,263 posts

209 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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BrabusMog said:
Funk said:
ecsrobin said:
Cheers - Endymion Concentré 100ml at that price will do nicely! Added a couple of samples too. Thanks for the heads-up!

Nearly added Quercus but didn't - it's nice but lacks staying power though.

Edited by Funk on Thursday 29th October 01:05
Is that the same as Endymion that comes in the 5x10ml pack they sell? If so, I think I'll need to have a bottle at that price!
I believe it is - it's just the EdP version (they call 'Concentré'), the 5x10ml sampler one is the EdC version. Either way I'm sure it'll smell great. Still might grab the Quercus whilst it's on offer too...

Lord Marylebone said:
I bought a bottle of 'The Tragedy of Lord George' a few days ago for £152 instead of £192.

It was from John Bell of London though, as they were having a 20% off sale of all Penhaligons fragrances.

Lord George is one of my absolute favourites and I recommend it.
TToLG is one of the free samples I've requested with my order.

Edited by Funk on Thursday 29th October 11:45

BrabusMog

20,135 posts

186 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Funk said:
BrabusMog said:
Funk said:
ecsrobin said:
Cheers - Endymion Concentré 100ml at that price will do nicely! Added a couple of samples too. Thanks for the heads-up!

Nearly added Quercus but didn't - it's nice but lacks staying power though.

Edited by Funk on Thursday 29th October 01:05
Is that the same as Endymion that comes in the 5x10ml pack they sell? If so, I think I'll need to have a bottle at that price!
I believe it is - it's just the EdP version (they call 'Concentré'), the 5x10ml sampler one is the EdC version. Either way I'm sure it'll smell great. Still might grab the Quercus whilst it's on offer too...
OK thanks, may have to break my rule of not trying before buying as they've closed the store in Guildford and I'm not going to be in central London any time soon. Decisions, decisions...

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Funk said:
TToLG is one of the free samples I've requested with my order.
I love it.

If you read/watch a few reviews, people often describe it as what 'wealth' smells like, despite that sounding ridiculous, I really like that description rofl

It smells massively gentlemanly and classy. It has that real barbershop smell of high-end shaving cream and loaded with a boozy brandy smell, and also a bit of classic amber/wood/tonka in there as well.

It doesn't project massively, but I think thats part of the appeal. You can put a few sprays on and smell great, but it isn't in your face, and you won't be making people smell it across the other side of the room, which is part of the 'gentlemanly' appeal of it I think.

Funk

26,263 posts

209 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
Funk said:
TToLG is one of the free samples I've requested with my order.
I love it.

If you read/watch a few reviews, people often describe it as what 'wealth' smells like, despite that sounding ridiculous, I really like that description rofl

It smells massively gentlemanly and classy. It has that real barbershop smell of high-end shaving cream and loaded with a boozy brandy smell, and also a bit of classic amber/wood/tonka in there as well.

It doesn't project massively, but I think thats part of the appeal. You can put a few sprays on and smell great, but it isn't in your face, and you won't be making people smell it across the other side of the room, which is part of the 'gentlemanly' appeal of it I think.
Look forward to smelling it!

I've also just been able to request free 1.5ml samples of Blazing Mister Sam, Castile, Douro and Sartorial.

Thankyou4calling

10,601 posts

173 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Are these names real or is this a wind up?

p_k_n

185 posts

91 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Thankyou4calling said:
Are these names real or is this a wind up?
They are all real names and really good, Terrible Teddy being my favorite Penhaligon fragrance.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Thankyou4calling said:
Are these names real or is this a wind up?
Have a browse thought the Penhaligons 'Portraits' range:

https://www.penhaligons.com/uk/en/categories/portr...

egor110

16,848 posts

203 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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p_k_n said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Are these names real or is this a wind up?
They are all real names and really good, Terrible Teddy being my favorite Penhaligon fragrance.
Are the names a theme ?

Like the parfum du marly are all horses.

toasty

7,464 posts

220 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Thankyou4calling said:
Are these names real or is this a wind up?
If you want strange names, try Etat Libre d’Orange

For example,
EXIT THE KING
SHE WAS AN ANOMALY
LES FLEURS DU DECHET – I AM TRASH
MALAISE OF THE 1970s

and the best ever
FAT ELECTRICIAN - His beauty would have been his greatest asset. One imagines he was raised in the big air of Texas, his soft skin scrubbed by ears of wheat, his eyelashes curled by grappling with grace against a blinding sun. A Midnight Cowboy lost on city asphalt.

What a load of tosh, but the scent itself is supposed to be pretty good.

Funk

26,263 posts

209 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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I think it's great they have some fun with the names and clearly aren't taking themselves too seriously. It also helps make them more memorable in a vast ocean of expensive smells...

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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egor110 said:
p_k_n said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Are these names real or is this a wind up?
They are all real names and really good, Terrible Teddy being my favorite Penhaligon fragrance.
Are the names a theme ?

Like the parfum du marly are all horses.
The names of the Penhaligons 'Portraits' series are all a theme, yes.

They are basically made up names/stories about the fictional origins of each of their fragrances.

Blackpuddin

16,463 posts

205 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Hilarious stuff. I spent the thick end of forty quid on a Creed taster set but after I'd tried all of them out Mrs B instructed me to give them away to the local 12yr old lad who occasionally walks our dog.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Blackpuddin said:
Hilarious stuff. I spent the thick end of forty quid on a Creed taster set but after I'd tried all of them out Mrs B instructed me to give them away to the local 12yr old lad who occasionally walks our dog.
That's a real shame, as they do have some great fragrances.

Maybe you were just unlucky enough to get ones that weren't to your liking.

It's probably worth going to a Creed concession in a department store to find one you like by smelling a few. I've learned the hard way as well that ordering blind is not necessarily the best thing to do!